{"product_id":"english-pastoral","title":"English Pastoral","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NATURE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new bestseller from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shepherd''s Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A beautifully written story of a family, a home and a changing landscape''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eNigel Slater\u003c\/b\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a boy, James Rebanks''s grandfather taught him to work the land the old way. Their family farm in the Lake District hills was part of an ancient agricultural landscape: a patchwork of crops and meadows, of pastures grazed with livestock, and hedgerows teeming with wildlife. And yet, by the time James inherited the farm, it was barely recognisable. The men and women had vanished from the fields; the old stone barns had crumbled; the skies had emptied of birds and their wind-blown song.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnglish Pastoral \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of an inheritance: one that affects us all. It tells of how rural landscapes around the world were brought close to collapse, and the age-old rhythms of work, weather, community and wild things were lost. And yet this elegy from the northern fells is also a song of hope: of how, guided by the past, one farmer began to salvage a tiny corner of England that was now his, doing his best to restore the life that had vanished and to leave a legacy for the future.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book about what it means to have love and pride in a place, and how, against all the odds, it may still be possible to build a new pastoral: not a utopia, but somewhere decent for us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A heartfelt book and one that dares to hope'' Alan Bennett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A wonder of a book, fierce, tender, and beautiful'' Helen Macdonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Wainwright Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Fortnum \u0026amp; Mason Food Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eShort\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003elisted for the Orwell Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57303446815102,"sku":"NW9780141982571","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141982571.jpg?v=1778650787","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/english-pastoral","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}